1whoworks

Possibly someday someone with common sense will realize that when generating electricity from urine, bacteria, or other means will work on a large scale people will actually buy it without someone forcing them.

WVtoMD1992

Wow, it is amazing. The same folks on here yelling that coal will be mined forever are probably the same folks that thought Whg Pitt Steel and Weirton Steel would still be going full throttle today. It is a shame the Wheeling leaders of the 80's and 90's failed to lure any new business/factory jobs after the collapse of the steel industry because the loss of the mines will be the final nail in Wheeling's coffin. Last one to leave Wheeling, turn off the Slot Machines (another phony ploy to save Wheeling). Good luck Wheeling, you may need it. Oh wait, look at the bright side, you will have the new Central.....oops, I mean the new East Wheeling Playground to be proud of in Wheeling.

BigMike

" A group of researchers from the University of the West of England have invented a method of charging mobile phones using urine.

Key to the breakthrough is the creation of a new microbial fuel cell (MFC) that turns organic matter – in the case, urine – into electricity.

The MFCs are full of specially-grown bacteria that break down the chemicals in urine as part of their normal metabolic process. The bacteria produce electrons as they consume the matter and it this natural process that creates a small electrical charge to be stored in the MFC.

“No one has harnessed power from urine to do this so it’s an exciting discovery,” said Dr Ioannis Ieropoulos, an engineer at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory where the fuel cells were developed."

TrollSlayer

Right, atoddh. And all that nuclear waste is nothing to worry about. Ask WVUGEO. We’ll just bury it in your yard, atoddh. Or we could ship it out of that facility in north Warwood. By truck or barge. Nobody would mind, I'm sure. LOL

dyingov

"As part of the carbon cycle, plants, algae, and cyanobacteria use light energy to photosynthesize carbohydrate from carbon dioxide and water, with oxygen produced as a waste product.[2] However, photosynthesis cannot occur in darkness and at night some carbon dioxide is produced by plants during respiration.[3] Carbon dioxide is produced by combustion of coal or hydrocarbons, the fermentation of sugars in beer and winemaking and by respiration of all living organisms. It is exhaled in the breath of humans and land animals. It is emitted from volcanoes, hot springs, geysers and other places where the earth's crust is thin and is freed from carbonate rocks by dissolution."

goodwine

I like the way Mckinley is out to save jobs, we all know the coal companies are most likely lining his pockets to do things their way. It does not matter that his grandchildren and great grandchildren will suffer the pollution

atoddh

The intent is to encourage gas plants and a methane export market for USA producers. This is all related to the new found gas reserves in the US and the CO2 problem. The Chinese has smaller prefab nukes to offer now also. Yes coal is on the way out. WV had best diversify.

thetruthforonce

ShempH

Being from Ohio, I really have no huge opinion on McKinley one way or the other, either way nothing he says is wrong or inaccurate. We(US)have absolutely no business forcing agenda and policies across the globe.

As for us here in the US we have and have had the technology to burn coal cleanly and have clean power plant omissions. The Burger Plant that was closed was very close to complete compliance as are the other plants scheduled to be closed in the near future. It is much better to invest tax payer money to these projects then give hundreds of millions to "Green" ventures that go bankrupt, their CEO'S walk away with millions in their own pockets and no one goes to jail.

wvhoopie

The quality of human life should be greater than the need for corporate profit. Coal is one of the worst pollution creators there is no matter where you burn it. Reducing cancer and related deaths caused by burning coal should be way more important than profits.

mikeyd

so obama now owns the world bank.is he going to dictate to china also?is he planning to become the world's only dictator?the leaders of the world are laughing at you obama.crawl back into the ground with the rest of the potatoes.coal will continue to be mined until there is no more.just in the same way that you spend money mr. obama.til it's all gone.